Drawing of a magical gem: Anguipes, Greek inscription
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2737
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_II 7
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_II 7
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. II 7; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 292, no. 241
Former Collections:
Goorle, Abraham van (Abraham Gorlaeus, Anversa ca. 1549 – Delft 1608)
Material:
jasper, green and red
Iconography:
Anguipes, cock-headed; weapon: armour; weapon: shield, with Ἰάω; whip; stars (7)
Divine Names & Voces:
Ἰάω; Βαϊνχωωωχ, variants
A: Frontal view of a cock-headed Anguipes in armour, head to right. Both arms extended and bent in elbow, right hand holding a round shield, left hand holding a whip. Seven eight-pointed stars below the figure. Letters around the Anguipes starting counterclockwise from the left foot: RAINXIOIOIOX → variant of Βαϊνχωωωχ, and on the shield, clockwise: ι|αω → Ἰάω.
B: No information available.
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, II 7
SGG I, no. 241 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2737. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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